Terminal City Brewing

Preservative free beer and effortless winemaking at a fraction of the price. I love this place! I've hardly been to the liquor store in the last 10 years. Their slogan says it all "As craft as it gets!"

We recently gave TCB a try hoping to save a bit of money on decent white table wine. They have wines starting at 4 weeks for the lowest price, then 5, 6, and 8 week wines as well. We decided to start with a 4 week Pinot Grigio which cost $125 for 23 litres (30 bottles!), less than half the price at a government liquor store for their cheapest plonk. Because of the price I didn't have huge expectations about the quality, but we thought we'd start there as a baseline and work our way up if it was decent. Fast forward 4 weeks and we went in to bottle our wine, which you can sip on as you bottle, and decent it was!

The process is very easy and they patiently walk you through it, showing you how to use the bottle sanitizer, setting up your carboy and showing you the equipment. They have parking in the rear, with a small area to load your car in the front.

From start to finish it took a half hour, and now we're at home deciding where to store all of our wine! We'll definitely be back to try some of the more premium wines. Highly recommend.

Great service and great value for money. Huge selection of beer at a very reasonable cost. The guys running the place are very friendly and make the whole bottling experience a joy.

I love this place! Top notch! I heard about West Coast U Brew from my friend who brewed wine, beer and cider for her wedding. All were so tasty that I had to give it a go. We got a batch of the Newcastle Ale to start and it was so good we went back before we were done and got a Raintree Amber. Also, ordered a 5 week wine, pinot noir. We just bottled the Raintree and wine today. They have so many styles and types it's hard to choose.

The place is like a man-cave. Pool table, TV's, bar/cash desk, massive CD collection litter the area, while random steins take over the wall for you to sample your own brewed beer. The staff who work here are awesome, friendly and like to have a good laugh.

First, you order what you want, wait how ever many weeks it takes, then go in to bottle. The guys brew everything for you! Bottling is so easy/fun and only takes a half hour (if not too busy). You can purchase plastic or glass bottles onsite, or bring your own. We purchased 48 1L "howe sound" beer bottles for $105 and brought our own 30 wine bottles. They have a different beer and wine on special every month, which is usually $15 to $20 cheaper than regular price.

There is a parking lot in the back of the building and a loading zone in the front for you to stop and drop off boxes of bottles. They even have a cleaning station (free of charge) for you to sanitize bottles.

Just be careful/responsible when drinking the beer! It is potent and much like draft/German beer. 5% is more like 7%.

Tip: Call ahead to make sure your batch is ready to be bottled and at the same time book an appointment to come in and bottle as it does get busy.

Nothing but good to say about this place.

They helped me out when my last wine place went out of business, took my money but didn't give me my wine. Sadness! Fortunately Terminal City Brewing came to the rescue and went seriously above and beyond to secure my business. This place is incredible, and I cannot recommend it enough.

We were referred to Terminal City Brewing by a friend.
Popped in there today and was extremely impressed by Dave. He was knowledgable, friendly and efficient. Couldn't say "no" to the opportunity to try out their operation.
I'll update this review once we've bottled our vino and had some to drink. :)

Must do if u enjoy beer or wine (who doesn't?)

$170 for a great Malbec, 30 bottles

Dave the owner is a great guy and helps you with all of your questions

They have other red wines for $120 .

Getting some beer next!!!

The only thing better than having a beer at home or at a friend's, is having a great beer at a great price. And having enough of it to share with everyone.
I discovered West Coast U Brew many years ago through a friend who worked there. In those days, at their previous location on 2nd and Quebec, you had to get the recipe sheet for the beer you wanted, round up all the ingredients, and then hope that someone would take pity on you and help you create your concoction, while you played a game of pool in the shop.

Times have changed. For the better. The location on Clark Drive is much bigger, has parking and the same great service that their customers enjoy. You no longer have to do any of the work in creating your brew. It's all done for you. Two weeks after ordering, you get to do the fun part of bottling or canning (and sampling).

West Coast offers a variety of beer recipes from light lagers to dark ales. For Christmas, I decided to make a batch of West Coast Pilsner, which was on special for $105. I cut the two week deadline pretty close, but Dave was most accommodating and made sure that I was able to get my beer brewed before the 24th. A high five to Dave.
I canned my beer, yielding 143 cans. It would have been 145 if it weren't for a bit of spillage and a bit of a sample or three during the canning assembly.

If you've never tried u-brew, here's an easy way to get started: Round up 2 or 3 friends, and split the batch. It's a good way to try the product, and to solicit help during the bottling process. There's something for everyone's taste, and at about $1 / beer including the cost of cans, it's a concept that needs to be tried.

Oh, and the pool table is still there. Maybe in the summer they'll bring back the old tradition of the BBQ parties in the back parking lot. Hint, hint.

The air at West Coast U-Brew waffes of honey malt and hops. It's a bright, no-nonsense U-brew plant, sparse with memorabilia but containing the down-to-earth characters we'd expect.

Together with a group of firends, we bought a vat of Smithwick's ale. We paid $135 for 48 litres. For a U-Brew, we didn't need to do anything to brew our beer except choose what we wanted. It took a while to choose though. They offer a large variety of wines and beers.

In two weeks (and not-so-coincidentally, around Superbowl time), we'll come back for our full harvest of Smithwick's. At that point, we'll finalize what we'd like to contain our sweet, sweeet ale with, but I think the group has already decided on sleek, labelless silver cans.

I'll report again later on the quality of the brew but based on its atmosphere, this simple U-brew has the qualities that we look for in an authentic, we-know-our-beers type atmosphere. The pool table up front adds to its feel. Of couse, in two weeks, we'll see whether the beer lives up to its feel.

Got my wedding wine here.
They were helpful in picking out the wine we would need and patient with two "newbies" to Ubrew.
Clean. Professional. Good wine.